I have been developing online education programs since 1995. I believe in the power of online education. But there are a lot of different models of online education and not all of them work. You'll get a sense of what I believe in and believe is important as you read this blog.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Lifestyle change

I've just started a new position! I'm the Director of Programs for MentorNet. I've moved to San Jose, California and will be very busy bringing my past experience with diversity and online education to MentorNet and at the same time, learning more about e-mentoring . At the present time MentorNet programs are all at the post-secondary level. There is a lot of interest in developing e-mentoring programs at the high school level, but there are also a lot of issues (such as insuring the safety of the students) that are less an issue with post-secondary students, graduate students, and post-docs.

2 comments:

I will be very interested in reading about your impressions of eMentoring. I am a midwifery researcher and lecturer and am just evaluating an eMetoring project with health professionals in Australia. It was a disaster! So I am currently interviewing people to find out why. best wishes Sarah

Raymond Rose

About Me

My major immediate focus is advocacy for accessibility in blended and online learning and websites.
I've been involved in online education since the mid '90s when I first began defining and building a method of creating online learning communities online. I helped envision, create, and administer the first virtual high school in the country.
I had been a pioneer in the use of computers in education and raised concerns about equity in technology use early in the education technology movement.
I work with college and university programs, policy-makers, and leaders in online learning from non-profit organizations and institutions. I have helped shape the nature of e-learning efforts in the country.